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Sappho (circa 570 BCE) One of the first known female writers. Much of her poetry has been lost but her immense reputation has remained. Plato referred to Sappho as one of the great 10 poets. Cleopatra (69 BCE–30 BCE) The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire.
Jun 8, 2023 · 1. Fatima al-Fihri. In the early 9th century, in what is now Morocco, Fatima al-Fihri could have lived the rest of her life as a wealthy heiress when she inherited a fortune after her...
Aug 11, 2019 · Emmeline Pankhurst: key British woman suffrage radical; Founder, Women's Social and Political Union, 1903. Simone de Beauvoir: 20th-century feminist theorist. Americans. Judith Sargent Murray: American writer who wrote early feminist essay. Margaret Fuller: Transcendentalist writer.
Photo-Illustration by Neil Jamieson for TIME. From Amelia Earhart to Beyoncé and Eva Perón to Malala, meet 100 women who defined the last century.
Virginia Woolf. Discover 100 women in history with achievements in the arts, astronomy, exploration, sciences, performance arts, sports, politics and government. Read these 100 profiles to learn how they redefined rules, broke records, changed perceptions and more.
Dec 6, 2021 · The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2021. This year 100 Women is highlighting those who are hitting "reset" - women playing their...
Mar 5, 2020 · There were always women who wore the crown, literal or not: Queen Soraya Tarzi of Afghanistan or Queen Elizabeth II of England, global stateswomen like Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret...
